> there could be stronger laws against media which contains objectively provable lies
this is a clear violation of the First Amendment, which makes it legal to publish lies.
this is a clear violation of the First Amendment, which makes it legal to publish lies.
Yep — here we're getting into Prior Restraint. It's both against the law to restrain free speech such as lies, but as you rightly point out, this speech can have other legal consequences.